[A6] Hanging A6

[Larry Pham]

thanks Paulo for the advice. i have been using the same banks of sounds for
a while now so i don't think it would be a corrupt file. i will try reoading
the OS. Do you know if it will erase any user presets?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paulo Abreu" <peabreu at sapo.pt>
To: "Larry Pham" <alienpsyche at rogers.com>
Cc: <A6 at code404.com>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [A6] Hanging A6


> Have you recently loaded any SystemExclusive sounds downloaded
> from the net? If you did, you may have corrupted something.
>
> You may have problems when you choose the mix where the
> offending preset(s) is (are). Or else it can be more serious as
> something similar happened to me a long time ago, and it
> was "so serious" that I only succeeded passing the problem by
> loading the OS and more importantly the ?bootloader? (can't
> exactly remember the name of the file)...its the "other" OS
> file...it was 2 years ago.
>
> Anyway, after that I had no more problems but became very
> cautious on loading downloaded SYSex sounds.
>
> PS: if it is only a corrupted file than initializing the Synth
> will fix that...well...you will loose all presets on the user
> bank...hope you have backups on the computer or on a card.
>
> Hope it helps,
> Paulo
>
> Citando Larry Pham <alienpsyche at rogers.com>:
>
> } Hey guys. I have just ran into a serious problem. After
> } reading an earlier
> } message about holding down soft button 1 during boot
> } up for the diagnostic
> } test, I've never tried this so i did it. First off,
> } all that did was loaded
> } up a default mix in slot 00. Nothing cool about that.
> } After I did that I
> } went to work on the project I was on so i had to dial
> } up the (multi) or mix
> } (in my case it was mix 12) After selecting mix 12 my
> } A6 hangs. Nothing
> } responds so I had to restart. ( A first for me) This
> } time, the A6 does not
> } boot completely. It hangs on the initial boot up
> } screen. I tried restarting
> } again and again and it would keep hanging. I finally
> } tried holding soft
> } button 1 down again during boot up and it started up.
> } Very strange. however,
> } my A6 will hang when i am scanning through my mixes
> } and once agin it won't
> } start up unless I hold down soft button 1 while
> } strating up. Does any one
> } have a clue what's going on here?  This is very
> } frustarting as it was
> } working fine before. Please help!
> }
> } Larry
> }
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